Contract metrics committee

How to use software metrics in contracting and in contracts

Assignment:

To describe the way software metrics are often used in contracts and the reasons why this is the reason many projects fail to deliver the expected product in time, in budget and with sufficient quality

To describe the way software metrics should be applied in contracts between IT customers and IT suppliers

Members:

Hans Kuijpers, SIG (chair)

Frans Schoot Uiterkamp, UWV

Hans Bernink, Metrieken.nl

Rini Scholten, Kadaster

Marcel Pereboom, Mediaan

Tim Schijffelen, SysQA

Frank Vogelezang, Metri

Hans Vonk, QSM

Richard Sweer, Finidy

Products:

The committee is planning to publish to following products:

Guideline for metrics in contracts

And a number of mini guides for the following subjects

Development methodologies

Maintenance

Management

RFP Questions

Functional Quality

Pricing Mechanisms

Technical Quality

Assessing Suppliers Performance

Software Metrics in Contracts

Requirements for Supplier organizations

Requirements for Customer organizations

Status of the committee:

The committee is very active and will start publishing documents in the course of 2015. Please check the publications page to see which documents are already published.